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Distant future temporal orientation

Intervention

1 paper2 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Canada First Research Excellence Fund and 1 more
  • Humans1

Outcomes

2

Self-efficacy

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Distant future temporal orientation increases self-efficacy in humans.

    “reported greater self-efficacy for events imagined in the distant future than for those in the near future”

    Human trialimagining events in the distant future vs near future

    Examining temporal orientation without narrative construction in young and older adults

    Cognition19 Oct 2025

Personal agency

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Distant future temporal orientation increases personal agency in humans.

    “older adults gave higher ratings of personal agency and reported greater self-efficacy for events imagined in the distant future than for those in the near future”

    Human trialimagining events in the distant future vs near future

    Examining temporal orientation without narrative construction in young and older adults

    Cognition19 Oct 2025

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